Aerolineas Sosa
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Aerolíneas Sosa is an airline
Airline
An airline provides air transport services for traveling passengers and freight. Airlines lease or own their aircraft with which to supply these services and may form partnerships or alliances with other airlines for mutual benefit...

 based in La Ceiba
La Ceiba
La Ceiba is a port city on the northern coast of Honduras in Central America. It is located on the southern edge of the Caribbean, forming part of the south eastern boundary of the Gulf of Honduras...

, Honduras
Honduras
Honduras is a republic in Central America. It was previously known as Spanish Honduras to differentiate it from British Honduras, which became the modern-day state of Belize...

. It was established in 1984 and operates domestic scheduled services to 10 destinations from La Ceiba, as well as charter flights. Its main base is Golosón International Airport
Golosón International Airport
Golosón International Airport is an airport located on the western side of the city of La Ceiba, in the Atlántida Department on the north coast of Honduras. It is also known as La Ceiba Airport and Hector C. Moncada Air Base .-Facilities:The airport resides at an elevation of above mean sea level...

, La Ceiba.

Destinations

Aerolíneas Sosa operates services to the following scheduled domestic destinations (at January 2010):
  • Brus Laguna
    Brus Laguna
    Brus Laguna is a municipality in the Honduran department of Gracias a Dios. The municipality's population is about 11.000 inhabitants....

     (BHG) – Brus Laguna Airport
  • Guanaja
    Guanaja
    Guanaja is one of the Bay Islands of Honduras, and is in the Caribbean. It is about 70 km off the north coast of Honduras, and 12 km from the island of Roatan. One of the cays off Guanaja, also called Guanaja or Bonnaca or Low Cay , is near the main island, and contains most of the...

     (GJA) – Guanaja Airport
    Guanaja Airport
    Guanaja Airport is an airport serving Guanaja, located in the Bay Islands Department in Honduras.Guanaja is one of the Bay Islands located in the Caribbean, approximately off the north coast of Honduras and from the island of Roatan.-Facilities:The airport resides at an elevation of above...

  • La Ceiba
    La Ceiba
    La Ceiba is a port city on the northern coast of Honduras in Central America. It is located on the southern edge of the Caribbean, forming part of the south eastern boundary of the Gulf of Honduras...

     (LCE) – Golosón International Airport
    Golosón International Airport
    Golosón International Airport is an airport located on the western side of the city of La Ceiba, in the Atlántida Department on the north coast of Honduras. It is also known as La Ceiba Airport and Hector C. Moncada Air Base .-Facilities:The airport resides at an elevation of above mean sea level...

  • Puerto Lempira
    Puerto Lempira
    Puerto Lempira is the capital of the Gracias a Dios department in northeastern Honduras, located on the shores of the Caratasca Lagoon. Though it does not have paved roads, it is the largest town in the La Mosquitia region....

     (PEU) – Puerto Lempira Airport
  • Roatán
    Roatán
    Roatán, located between the islands of Útila and Guanaja, is the largest of Honduras' Bay Islands. The island was formerly known as Ruatan and Rattan...

     (RTB) – Juan Manuel Gálvez International Airport
    Juan Manuel Gálvez International Airport
    Juan Manuel Gálvez International Airport is an airport located on the island of Roatán in the Bay Islands Department in Honduras. It serves national and international air traffic of the island. The airport is named for Juan Manuel Gálvez the former president of Honduras...

  • San Pedro Sula
    San Pedro Sula
    San Pedro Sula is a city in Honduras. It is located in the northwest corner of the country, in the Valle de Sula , about 60 km south of Puerto Cortés on the Caribbean. With an estimated population of 638,259 people in the main municipality, and 802,598 in its metro area , it is the second...

     (SAP) – Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport
    Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport
    Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport , also known as La Mesa International Airport, is located from the city of San Pedro Sula, in the Cortés Department in Honduras. The airport is named after Ramón Villeda Morales, who served as President of Honduras from 1957 to 1963.It is the major and...

  • Tegucigalpa
    Tegucigalpa
    Tegucigalpa , and commonly referred as Tegus , is the capital of Honduras and seat of government of the Republic, along with its twin sister Comayagüela. Founded on September 29, 1578 by the Spanish, it became the country's capital on October 30, 1880 under President Marco Aurelio Soto...

     (TGU) – Toncontín International Airport
    Toncontín International Airport
    Toncontín International Airport or Teniente Coronel Hernán Acosta Mejía Airport is a civil and military airport that serves Tegucigalpa, Honduras...

  • Útila
    Útila
    Utila is the third largest of Honduras' Bay Islands, after Roatán and Guanaja, in a region that marks the south end of the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System, the second-largest in the world...

     (UII) – Útila Airport
  • Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands (MWCR) - Owen Roberts International Airport
    Owen Roberts International Airport
    Owen Roberts International Airport is an airport located in Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands. It is the main international airport for the Cayman Islands as well as the main base for Cayman Airways...


Fleet

The Aerolíneas Sosa fleet includes the following aircraft :
  • 4 Let L-410 UVP
    L-410
    The Let L-410 Turbolet is a twin-engined short-range transport aircraft, manufactured by the Czech aircraft manufacturer LET, mostly used for passenger transport. Since 1969 more than 1100 airframes have been produced.-Development:...

  • 2 BAe Jetstream 31
  • 1 Bombardier CRJ100
  • 2 Saab 340
    Saab 340
    The Saab 340 is a discontinued Swedish two-engine turboprop aircraft designed and initially produced by a partnership between Saab and Fairchild Aircraft in a 65:35 ratio...

  • 1 Britten-Norman Islander
    Britten-Norman Islander
    The Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander is a 1960s British light utility aircraft, regional airliner and cargo aircraft designed and originally manufactured by Britten-Norman of the United Kingdom. The Islander is one of the best-selling commercial aircraft types produced in Europe. Although designed in...


Incidents and accidents

On 7 March 1998, an engine on a Let L-410 UVP aircraft carrying two crew and 15 passengers, failed shortly after takeoff from Golosón International Airport, forcing the crew to turn back to the airport. The wing struck a house, causing the Let to crash, out of control, into a street. There were no fatalities, but the aircraft was written off.
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